/*
 * MIT License
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2017-2022 Ilkka Seppälä
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 */

package string;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * StringToDateSnippet.
 */
public class StringToDateSnippet {

  /**
   * Convert string to date.
   *
   * @param date   the date string
   * @param format expected date format
   * @return Date
   * @throws ParseException in case of an unparseable date string
   */
  public static Date stringToDate(String date, String format) throws ParseException {
    var simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
    return simpleDateFormat.parse(date);
  }
}
